To reveal how your heart flowers,
sway like the summer grove.
—Tagami Kikusha-Ni,
These silent summer nights
even the stars
seem to whisper.
—Kobayashi Issa,
These brown summer grasses?
The only remains
of "invincible" warriors ...
—Matsuo Basho,
Forbearing the night
with its growing brilliance:
the summer moon.
—Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
On a hot summer night
dreams and reality
merge.
—Takahama Kyoshi,
The summer butterfly
has to look sharp
to make its getaway.
—Takahama Kyoshi,
The moon still appears,
though far from home:
summer vagrant.
—Matsuo Basho
The legs of the cranes
have been shortened
by the summer rains.
―Matsuo Basho
A summer river:
disdaining the bridge,
my horse gallops through water.
―Masaoka Shiki
